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Festival vital to nurture interest in Gendang Melayu

KUCHING: Festival Gendang Sarawak is an important platform to highlight and promote the heritage of bergendang, bermukun and bertandak. Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said the event is very meaningful as it is part of art and culture passed down from one generation to the next among the people […]

The last Sarawak Malay ‘gendang’ maker

Meet Umar Tomik, arguably the only Sarawak Malay gendang maker in Kuching and possibly, in the state. The 64-year-old man said the gendang (hand drum) is made from goat skin, segak rattan and hardwoods such as belian (eusideroxylon zwageri) or menggeris (koompassia excelsa) or merbau (ipil). To him it is important to use hardwood to […]

Gendang Melayu Sarawak

The cultural heritage reflects various everyday activities of the Malays ‘Berdendang’, a traditional performing art of the Sarawak Malays, captured hearts at the Samarindok Sarawak Malay Cultural Performance 2020 held at Godown Amphitheatre, Kuching Waterfront here, last Saturday night. Clad in traditional attire which included ‘tengkolok’, ‘keringkam’ and ‘songket’, the performers displayed various aspects of […]